36th London Critics Circle Film Awards Nominations Announced

The London Critics’ Circle Film Section is part of a larger organization, The Critics’ Circle, which makes an annual award for Services to the Arts.  This circle is comprised of the five sections:  dance, drama, film, music, and visual arts.

The London Critics’ Circle Film Section announced nominations for its 36th annual film awards on December 15, 2015.  The winners will be announced January 17, 2016 at The May Fair Hotel.  Kenneth Branagh will receive the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film.

2016 / 36th London Critics' Circle Film Award Nominees:

FILM OF THE YEAR
45 Years
Amy
Carol
Inside Out
The Look of Silence
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
45 Years
Amy
Brooklyn
The Lobster
London Road

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Eden (France)
Hard to Be a God (Russia and Czech Republic)
The Look of Silence (Denmark)
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Japan)
The Tribe (Ukraine and Netherlands)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Amy
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
The Look of Silence
Palio
A Syrian Love Story

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Tom Courtenay - 45 Years
Paul Dano - Love & Mercy
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Tom Hardy - Legend

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Rooney Mara - Carol
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Benicio Del Toro - Sicario
Tom Hardy - The Revenant
Oscar Isaac - Ex Machina
Michael Keaton - Spotlight
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Olivia Colman - The Lobster
Kristen Stewart - Clouds of Sils Maria
Tilda Swinton - Trainwreck
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Andrew Haigh - 45 Years
Todd Haynes - Carol
Alejandro G Iñárritu - The Revenant
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott - The Martian

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Emma Donoghue - Room
Nick Hornby - Brooklyn
Phyllis Nagy - Carol
Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Caine - Kingsman: The Secret Service, Youth
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation, Second Coming
Colin Farrell - The Lobster, Miss Julie
Michael Fassbender - Macbeth Slow West, Steve Jobs,
Tom Hardy - Legend, London Roa, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emily Blunt - Sicario
Carey Mulligan - Far From the Madding Crowd, Suffragette
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years, The Forbidden Room
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn, Lost River
Kate Winslet - The Dressmaker, A Little Chaos, Steve Jobs

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER
Asa Butterfield - X + Y
Milo Parker - Mr Holmes, Robot Overlords
Florence Pugh - The Falling
Liam Walpole - The Goob
Maisie Williams - The Falling

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER
Tom Browne - Radiator
Mark Burton & Richard Starzak - Shaun the Sheep Movie
Emma Donoghue - Room
Alex Garland - Ex Machina
John Maclean - Slow West

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM
Directed by Tweedie - dir Duncan Cowles
Leidi - dir Simon Mesa Soto
Over - dir Jorn Threlfall
Rate Me - dir Fyzal Boulifa
Stutterer - dir Benjamin Cleary

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Carter Burwell, music - Carol

Wade Eastwood, stunts - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Colin Gibson, production design - Mad Max: Fury Road

Elliott Graham, editing - Steve Jobs

Edward Lachman, cinematography - Carol

Tom Ozanich, sound design - Sicario

Sandy Powell, costumes - Cinderella

John Seale, cinematography - Mad Max: Fury Road

Alistair Sirkett and Markus Stemler, sound design - Macbeth

Andrew Whitehurst, visual effects - Ex Machina

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